Erik Voorhees on Shapeshift User Accounts and the Problem with ICOs
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“Things like money, education and healthcare are super important, that is why governments shouldn’t be involved in them whatsoever.”
Interview location: London, UK
Interview date: Fri 8th Jun 2018
The Crypto space appeals to the libertarian ideals of separating money and state. Those who I have met on my podcasting journey consistently say that same thing, from tax being theft to not wanting their money stolen to pay for the war machine. Bitcoin appeals because the money supply sits outside of government control:
They can't steal it
They can't inflate it
They can't control it
Erik Voorhees does not shy away from his opinion on the role of the state and believes that with Cryptocurrencies we have the opportunity of changing the role of government. He is a successful businessman too, from Coinapult and Satoshi Dice to Shapeshift and Keepkey, Erik has consistently built successful Crypto businesses.
While touring Shapeshift around Europe, I had the chance to meet with Erik in London where we discussed his political and social views, problems with ICOs the latest on the many Shapeshift.
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SHOW NOTES
Connect with Erik:
Shapeshift Hack:
Shapeshift Blog: A Timeline: ShapeShift Hacking Incident
Bitcoin.com: Looting of the Fox: The Story of Sabotage at ShapeShift
Businesses:
BREAKDOWN OF THE SHOW
00:04:11: Introductions
00:05:03: SegWit2x and Bitcoin Cash
00:06:22: Erik's background
00:09:45: ICOs
00:14:04: Decentralised apps
00:15:38: Crypto vs the banks
00:17:47: Crypto as currency
00:20:33: Institutional investment
00:22:31: US legislation around crypto
00:23:37: Ripple and XRP
00:27:44: ShapeShift
00:30:13: KYC and other legislation
00:34:02: The SEC
00:35:29: The Howey Test
00:38:21: The Free State Project
00:42:57: How to drive mainstream adoption
00:46:02: ShapeShift acquires KeepKey
00:47:56: The ShapeShift hack - The Looting of the Fox
00:50:22: KeepKey vs Ledger and Trezor
00:52:42: Prism
00:54:41: Final comments
THANKS
Jason Camiolo for audio production, his website is at http://www.jasoncamiolo.com/
James Parkin for helping me with admin and trading
Paul Edmonds for graphic design
